Felt mat.



Patented July l8, I899.

w. a. FAATZ.

FELT MAT.

(Application filed Nov. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT FFICE.

FELT MAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 628,980, dated July 18, 1899. Application filed November 19, 1898. Serial No. 696,840. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

'Be. it known that I, WILLIAM G. FAATZ, of Lestershire, in the county of Broome, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Felt Mats, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and

exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in felt mats; and it consists in a mat which is made of felt, perforated at suitable points, so that the dust and dirt will readily pass through, and which mat is provided with Weights in its ends for the purpose of holding the ends of the mat down, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The objects of my invention are to construct a mat wholly of felt, which will not only remove the mud and superfluous dirt, but will by reason of its soft semi-elastic texture remove the dust, and to form pockets in the ends of the mat to receive weights for the purpose of preventing the ends of the mat from curling up. Itis constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a perforated felt mat looking at it from the top and showing either end weighted, the upper cover of a portion of one of the weights being removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on linexm, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line y Fig. 1. Fig.

4 shows the end metal-bound.

a is the body of the mat, constructed of felt, and may be either perforated or not, as shown in Fig. l. fanciful form desired.

Z2 are weightssecured transversely in each end for the purpose of preventing the mat from being carried away by the wind when used outside. These weights b are placed in the ends of the mats by splitting the ends, as shown in Fig. 2, just sufficiently far to allow The perforations may be of any the weights to be inserted, and then the split ends are sewed together both inside and outside of the weights. By splitting the ends of the mats for only the length of the weights a few stitches on the outside of the weights aresufficient to hold them in place, and the weight can have no endwise movement, for the pocket is only as long as the weight. This construction saves having to sew around the corners of the split ends, and the weight is not so liable to become displaced.

In Fig. 4 I show a mat having the ends bound with metal, which serves not only to protect the same, but may also be of sufficient weight to afford means for preventing its be ing carried away by the wind.

Having described myinvention, what I 6:

claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A felt mat having its ends split so as to form pockets therein, combined with the weights which are placed in the pockets and secured therein by uniting the split ends of the mat, substantially as shown.

2. Afelt mat havinga series of perforations through its body, and a pocket formed in each end so as to receive a weight, combined with the weights which are placed in the pockets to prevent the ends of the mat from curling, substantially as specified.

3. A felt mat provided with a series of perforations through its body or central portion, and having its ends split so as to form pockets which are an integral part of the body, combined with the weights which are placed in the pockets, substantially as shown.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my 80 hand this 14th day of November, 1898.

WILLIAM G. FAATZ.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM LEWIS, FREDERICK ESCHENBURG, J r. 

